Keech Hospice Care - Children's Palliative Care

Official notice

Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)

Awarded value£1,994,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 22 Nov 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Keech Hospice Care

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Children’s Palliative care is an active and total approach to care embracing physical, emotional and spiritual elements. It focuses on quality of life for the child and support for the family and includes management of distressing symptoms, provision of respite and care through death and bereavement.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Direct Award Process A - Keech Hospice is an existing provider of children's palliative care for HWE ICB and the ICB is satisfied that Keech are capable of providing the future services required. Keech is currently the only local provider with the capacity to provide the range and volume of end-of-life services to the child population of Hertfordshire. Keech have long and well-established links with all the surrounding hospices, community nurse providers and managed clinical networks. Additional information: Contract is offered on a 3 year term with 2 year extension available. Funding information provided is based on the full 3+2 potential contract length available. Contract end without the extension would be 31/03/2028. With the extension would be 31/03/2030.

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: 2 year extension available from April 2028

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 5 Dec 2024, 11:38 GMT
Last source update: 5 Dec 2024, 11:38 GMT
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-039212
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c281 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: Direct Award Process A - Keech Hospice is an existing provider of children's palliative care for HWE ICB and the ICB is satisfied that Keech are capable of providing the future services required. Keech is currently the only local provider with the capacity to provide the range and volume of end-of-life services to the child population of Hertfordshire. Keech have long and well-established links with all the surrounding hospices, community nurse providers and managed clinical networks.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,994,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Keech Hospice CareSME	£1,994,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 039212-2024-1 · Keech Hospice CareSME
Signed
22 Nov 2024
Value
£1,994,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareRegional or local authorityHealth Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Keech Hospice CareAwarded supplier02904446 Great Bramingham Lane Streatley, Luton, UK, LU3 3NT

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.